The Mauryan Polity c8.s1.t6.9
The Mauryan Polity c8.s1.t6.9
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c8.s1.t6.9
That the king could not by himself pledge to anything relating to the state, even in extraordinary cases urging immediate attention, and that the decision of the council was binding on him is testified to by a remarkable statement of the Kauṭalīya. Whenever urgent and unexpected occasions arose for prompt action, the king summoned his council and placed the matter before them for final decision. He was to act on the considered advice of the best men in the council.²